For your American Government Research Paper, you will be required to cite within the text the source of the information. Also, you will be required to have a Bibliography page or Works Cited page. This website will provide examples and helpful resources.
Citations
All information which is not an original opinion or common knowledge MUST be accompanied by the source of the information. This includes paraphrases, summaries, direct quotes, and any type of graphics. The citation should be in the body of the text of the paper or in the caption of the graphic. The citation in the text MUST be done using endnotes.
In endnotes, the citation is listed at the back of end of the paper and a corresponding number is placed in the text. Example Lee graduated from West Point 1. (The number should be a small superscript.)
Helpful Website
The following website gives examples of placing citations in the text.
Citing References in Your Papers Sponsored by The Writing Center of the University of Wisconsin-Madison This site has an introduction to the various styles of citing sources, including American Political Science Association (APSA), American Psychological Association (APA), Chicago/Turabian, Council of Biology Editors (CBE), and Modern Language Association (MLA).
The following websites will give examples of entries for bibliographies or works cited pages in several different styles. Remeber to choose ONE style and use it consistently throughout your paper.
Citation Style for Research Papers Sponosred by Long Island University This Web site covers bibliographic citation styles for APA (American Psychological Association), MLA (Modern Language Association), AMA (American Medical Association), Chicago Manual of Style, and Turabian Manual for Writers of research papers. There are color-coded sample citations for books, book chapters, Web sites, journal, newspaper, and encyclopedia articles for each style.
Purdue Owl Writing Lab MLA Works Cited: Electronic Sources Sponsored by authors Tony Russell, Allen Brizee, Elizabeth Angeli This site deals specifically with writing entries for online resources. It covers Modern Language Association (MLA), but you can get to the information for Psychological Association (APA) and Chicago Style by going to the main page.
Interactive Writers for Bibliographies/Works Cited Pages
The following websites are interactive writing pages. They will walk you through writing entries for different types of resources.
NoodleToolsSponsored by Debbie and Damon Abilock This site has a suite of interactive tools designed to aid students and professionals with their online research. You will want to use NoodleBibsExpress help you cite resources in MLA or APA style.
Landmark's Citation Machine Sponsored by The Landmark Project This website will help you create entries for different types of resources in MLA/APA Style.
BibMe Sponsored by students of the Information Systems department of Carnegie Mellon University BibMe is a free automatic citation creator that supports MLA, APA, Chicago, and Turabian formatting. BibMe searches external databases to fill-in citation information. BibMe formats the citation information and compiles a bibliography following the guidelines of the style manuals. Students should be sure to check the information pulled in automatically and add what is missing! Students can enter citation information manually. Anyone can create a free account to save bibliographies and export them to a word processing document as an RTF. Also, BibMe has a citation guide that provides students with the style manuals' guidelines for citing references.
EasyBib
Sponsored by ImagineEasy Solutions, LLC EasyBib is an interactive bibliography writer that is fairly simple to use. It will allow you to enter a book’s ISBN or a website’s URL and some pull information into the form. You make need to actually look at the book or the website to complete the bibliography form. Once the bibliography is complete you can copy/paste it into a word document.
Citations
See "Turabian Quick Guide" Below
Example
Lee graduated from West Point 1.
(The number should be a small superscript.)
Sponsored by The Writing Center of the University of Wisconsin-Madison
This site has an introduction to the various styles of citing sources, including American Political Science Association (APSA), American Psychological Association (APA), Chicago/Turabian, Council of Biology Editors (CBE), and Modern Language Association (MLA).
Turabian:http://press.uchicago.edu/books/turabian/turabian_toc.html
Sponosred by Long Island University
This Web site covers bibliographic citation styles for APA (American Psychological Association), MLA (Modern Language Association), AMA (American Medical Association), Chicago Manual of Style, and Turabian Manual for Writers of research papers. There are color-coded sample citations for books, book chapters, Web sites, journal, newspaper, and encyclopedia articles for each style.
Sponsored by authors Tony Russell, Allen Brizee, Elizabeth Angeli
This site deals specifically with writing entries for online resources. It covers Modern Language Association (MLA), but you can get to the information for Psychological Association (APA) and Chicago Style by going to the main page.
Shows a sample research paper in Turabian style using endnotes.
This site has a suite of interactive tools designed to aid students and professionals with their online research. You will want to use NoodleBibsExpress help you cite resources in MLA or APA style.
Sponsored by The Landmark Project
This website will help you create entries for different types of resources in MLA/APA Style.
Sponsored by students of the Information Systems department of Carnegie Mellon University
BibMe is a free automatic citation creator that supports MLA, APA, Chicago, and Turabian formatting. BibMe searches external databases to fill-in citation information. BibMe formats the citation information and compiles a bibliography following the guidelines of the style manuals. Students should be sure to check the information pulled in automatically and add what is missing! Students can enter citation information manually. Anyone can create a free account to save bibliographies and export them to a word processing document as an RTF. Also, BibMe has a citation guide that provides students with the style manuals' guidelines for citing references.
Sponsored by ImagineEasy Solutions, LLC
EasyBib is an interactive bibliography writer that is fairly simple to use. It will allow you to enter a book’s ISBN or a website’s URL and some pull information into the form. You make need to actually look at the book or the website to complete the bibliography form. Once the bibliography is complete you can copy/paste it into a word document.